Directions: Read the following information about the Minoans and the Mycenaeans and then answer the questions that follow in your notebook.
The Origins of the Greeks
The Minoans:
Minoan culture developed on the island of Crete in approximately 3,000 B.C.E. Minoan palace murals (wall paintings) and painted pottery show us a great sea culture, fueled by fishing, farming, and local arts. The Minoans were master sailors and set up long-distance trade routes with Spain, Egypt, Canaan, and Asia Minor. Socially, the Minoans were an egalitarian (equal) culture, with both men and women holding respected positions in the fields of religion, agriculture, and craftwork. Recreation enjoyed by the Minoans included dancing to music and song, "bull-leaping" - and boxing, complete with boxing gloves and mouth guards. The remarkable peace-loving character of the Minoan civilization is obvious because they didn't have fortresses, war equipment, and painted battle scenes among the remains of their settlements. The Minoan civilization is historically important to Greece because it was the model for the Mycenaean (pronounced my-sih-NEE-in) civilization which is considered the earliest developed culture on mainland Greece.
The Mycenaeans:
Mycenae was settled in 2,700 B.C.E. Most of the myths about ancient Greek heroes and their famous battles come to us from the Mycenaeans. Later Greek poets such as Homer used these tales in their writings. The Mycenaeans spoke an early form of the Greek language, and developed an agricultural economy based on grains, grapes, and olives. Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. Unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaeans devoted most of their energies to developing a strong military. The circular royal tombs of Mycenae reveal collections of decorated uniforms, elaborate helmets, chariots, daggers, and axes. Horses were also extremely important to the Mycenaeans, as they were the vehicles of war. Mycenaean documents suggest that their society was hierarchical, with kings and soldiers in positions of power at the top of society, and prisoners of war who became slaves at the bottom of society who served the kings and soldiers. Other than artwork showing religious festivals and musical performances, very few artifacts of entertainment were left by the Mycenaeans.
1. What did the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations have in common? They both liked music. (maybe had a stable food supply). Both had sea tech. 2. In what ways were the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations different? The Minoan civilization had a very peaceful life, but the Mycenaean civilization had a very warlike life. 3. Why do you think so many aspects of Minoan civilization are found at Mycenae? 4. What other geographical areas, besides Mycenae, might Minoan civilization have influenced? 5. What aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations would you expect to have survived in later periods of Greek history? 6. Using your textbook pages 256-257, explain how the decline of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans was similar.
Assignment 6-2
OdysseyTransIHomer.jpg
Homer
The Odyssey is a 12,000-line Greek epic poem dating from the eighth century B.C.E. An epic poem is a long poem divided into sections, or "books," that focuses on the extraordinary deeds and adventures of a hero. According to ancient Greek tradition, heroes were men who were born to one divineand one human parent. The story of The Odyssey recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus during his 10-year voyage home to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War in the thirteenth century B.C.E. Odysseus is considered the ideal Greek hero: an aristocratic soldier of superior strength, intelligence, and courage, favored by the Gods.
The poem is traditionally ascribed to Homer (circa 700 B.C.E.), who is considered the earliest Greek poet. Little is known about Homer's life, but ancient Greek playwrights referred to him as a "gifted blind poet." Some scholars believe that a line from a choral song attributed to Homer confirms this description:
"If anyone should ask you whose song is sweetest, say: blind is the man and he lives in rocky Chios."
Other scholars believe that "Homer" was the name given to a collective group of bards who sang Mycenaean folktales to entertain the nobles ofIonia, located on the west coast of Asia Minor.
It is generally believed that the exact author of The Odyssey is not as important as the ancient Greek values it contains. By listening to the stories in the poem, ancient Greeks learned standards of honorable behavior. These values, forged in the "Age of Heroes" during the Mycenaean Period, became the foundations of ancient Greek society.
Label and color a Map of Greece GreeceBlankOutlineMap.pdf with the following locations and physical features (Create a Map Key for symbols you use). You should include the following:
Physical Features:
Island of Crete
Island of Thera
Island of Rhodes
Asia Minor
Macedonia
Mount Olympus
Pindus Mountains
==Assignment 4-1Source: IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpgDirections: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today. Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations. After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E. Questions: 1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above? My map is similar because it has all the geographical features that the map above has. 2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map? nothing. 3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details. Because the Indus and Sarasvati rivers are fertile areas where you can grow crops. 4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map. 5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?because that river too has a fertile area of land. ----
Assignment 4-2Website: Indus Valley Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page.
1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
During the excavations of mohenjo-daro, A lot of seals, necklaces, wells and drains, and houses with windows and wells.
2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
Mohenjo-Daro is a very well planned city like our cities today, and has sewer system just like us And they traded just like us.
3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
We could learn that the ancient people in mohenjo-daro were very smart enough to make a lot of modern materials. They were prepared for battles and trades.
4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
--> The people lived in an extremely organized way such as Citadel, because having citadel means that they are well prepared for battle.. The city itself was well-planned. The houses that are lined up straight and stacked with citadel can tell us that the city was well-planned. The necklace which is made out of gold stone beads and green stone beads was put into the museum. It is probably worn by a rich woman and we know it because these stones were rare. I also put terracota clay into the museum.
5. What do we know about the Priest-King?They are very rich and are a very highly supported family that has power.
6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used? It was used as a public bath. ---- Assignment 4-3Source:
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Archeologists Ideas Mohenjo-Daro.pdf Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information. 1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity? I learned that in daily life in Mohenjo-Daro that everything in the society depended on the specialization of labor. 2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain. On these artifacts I saw the specialization of labor. 3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city? I think that the vast plumbing made mohenjo daro like a modern city. 4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region? 5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro? Invasions from another city might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro.==
The Indians
A. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity? B. Which aspects of daily life do you see represented in the picture that the artist drew? C. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city? D. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region? E. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer A= I learned their farming, Cities, housing, Culture, and how long their city walls stood( 4000 years) I even learned how their sewer systems work And the "great bath"
Answer B= This picture looks like the citizens moving out of the city and they look like they are collecting all the food.
Answer C= They stacked A lot of layers of houses so the people can live better instead of cramping up in one space.( looks like apartments)
Answer D= Because their is very tiny bit of evidence in all of these cities. And it is very hard to tell because of the still buried areas.
Answer E= It is probably because of the dried up river next to the city of Mohenjo-Daro
Assignment 4-4 Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?The law makers
2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?That I could order lower caste people do do all my chores.
3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why? I got sort of upset and angry because that The merchants didnt listen much
4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not? No this is not fair because you are treating people different when your the same race kind and same human. both have feelings
5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not? Yes because presidents ministers and other politics need to take care for their own country state or even the nation. You would neeed them because not everyone could make right choices
Use the website above and what you have learned in class so far to answer these questions about the early Indus River Governments.
1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city?
Having a central government would help in planning and organizing a city a certain amount of people can work together to build one type of city instead of all of the citizens voting which would make things much harder.
2. Who were Rajahs?
Rajahs are like the mayors. They are the rulers of a city but they are not as high as the priests in the Indian caste system.
3. What is a Guru?
A Guru was a teacher that a student had to serve even until up to 20 years old.
4. What subjects were taught in school?
The subjects taught were of religious nature.
5. Who was in charge of the government?
The priests were in charge of the government because they were at the top of the Indian caste system.
6. Why did people look up to the priests?
People looked up to priests because they were the ones who made offerings to the gods and they believed in the caste system and the priests were at the top of the Indian caste system.
Directions: You are a sage and you will teach your classmates a part of ancient India's history. The four parts (groups) are...
Group 1: The Mauryan Empire (page 162-163, 166)
Group 2: The Gupta Empire (page 164-165)
Group 3: Indian Achievements- Religious Art & Sanskrit Literature (page 167-169)
Group 4: Indian Achievements- Scientific Advances (page 170-171)
Each part has (or might have) pictures, illustrations, maps, dates, vocabulary words, and important people. Your job as a sage is to become an expert on your part so you will be able to comfortably and confidently teach others. Remember that if you don't understand the information, you won't be able to teach others properly. Follow these steps to become a great sage:
Steps
Read all the information on the pages you are responsible for. Don't just read the main parts, look at the other information such as maps or diagrams or pictures.
Take notes in your notebook and answer the Reading Check question after each section to make sure you understand the information. You also have to answer the questions about your section from page 176 (section 4 or 5).
Decide how you are going to present the information to your students. Will you just talk about the information (this can be boring) or will you use visuals or give a slideshow presentation (this can be more interesting)? Remember that your students have not read the information and are counting on you to teach them in an interesting and educational way.
How will you check if your students understood the information? Will you make up questions to ask them? What else will you do? Will you ask your students to create something that shows their understanding? Think about how you are taught at school and the activities you do in your classes.
=The Egyptians
Assignment 3-8
Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.
1. The single most important thing I learned was... That ancient egyptian pharaohs took almost all their life time on making their burial chamber.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
I did not understand why they made a huge tomb when they could fit all these "spells" on a smaller tomb.
3. What surprised me the most was... Is that the egyptians died very in a young age.
4. I would like to know more about... The underworlds process
5. The part that I think I will always remember was... The under world and how the pharaohs actually turned right after they died. After mumfication.
Assignment 3-6
Task: You are to research your assigned topic from Egyptian history and create a video presentation using iMovie or Keynote. The video presentation should be 3-4 minutes and include the following required elements:
Introduce your topic to the audience and explain the importance of your subject in Ancient Egypt.
Explain and show where your topic belongs on a map of Egypt. You may have to be creative with this part because your topic might not be from one area.
Present 5 interesting facts you have learned about your subject from your research. Include dates and/or which kingdom (old, middle, new).
Identify at least one of the Characteristics of Civilization that is evident in your topic and explain how your topic relates to the characteristic.
How does your topic relate to our society today?
Include appropriate images/video to make your presentation clear and interesting.
Use your own voice for the audio part of your presentation.
You (and your partner) must appear in the video for at least 30 seconds as you present your information.
Conclude your presentation by restating the significance (importance) of your topic to history.
Use at least four different sources. At least one of your sources must be from the KIS Library Resources. At least one resource should be a book.
Cite any images that you use at the end.
Cite your sources at the end.
Assignment 3-5 The Pharaohs had absolute power and were considered gods on earth.
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. Part 1 The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
Workers
Importance of the pyramids
The old kingdom lasted from 2700 B.C.E. to 2200 B.C.E.
It began from the third dynasty of Egypt and it was also
called, "The Age of Pyramid."(Ancient age of pyramids)
Pyramids were basically tombs for the pharaohs.
The pyramids were made from huge and large amounts of limestone.
The pyramids was a four sided pyramid shape. A huge amount of workers were involved.
Egypt did not use slaves, instead they used citizens for working. They used
citizens while giving them whatever they want. So the whole
system was pretty fair. The important part of the pyramids was that
Pyramids were made so the spells on the
walls would help the pharaoh.(they would make the phoaroahs journey in the after life much more
easier. )These pyramids even pleased to the gods.
These pyramids were often spotted
a lot and is easy to rob.(later the king found out.) Part 2 The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the difference with the Old Kingdom
what life was like during this time
wars or battles and who was involved
The Middle Kingdom lasted from 2050 to 1750 B.C.E. In the Middle Kingdom, the pharaoh's power was getting unpopular so the nobles began
to protested and try to take over the power of the pharaoh. Around 1750 B.C.E., an Asian country called Hyksos invaded Lower Egypt and ruled the whole Egypt(in dynasty) for about 200 years. In that time Pharoahs noticed that the tombs were getting robbed so they hid the burial chambers. That time the middle kingdom was called "Golden Age".
Part 3 The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-103 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the causes of the growth of trade
what life was like in an empire
wars or battles (invasions) and who was involved
part3
The New Kingdom was Egypt's expansion period. Egypt's trade routes became distant because of the conquest. As Egypt conquested other empires, it made Egyptians richer and the army power was upgraded. All the pharaohs in the New Kingdom were famous. After the death of Rameses the great, the Hittites and the Sea people invaded Egypt. Then the New Kingdom came to a dark end. (modern egypt).
Assignment 3-4
Part 1: Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess.the god called osiris is a ruler in the under world. he was murdered by his own jealous brother. his brother was the god of chaos. Then choose one that you would not want to be and explain why.Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations. I would not like to explain about seth because he is the god of chaos while killing his own brother just for having power over the country. Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods?yes the name of the god is Ereshkigal he is the underworld god for mesopotamia. Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities?there similarities are that they are both gods of the underworld. Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different? because they are both gods that judge in the underworld.
Assignment 3-3 Source:How to Mummify Nefermaat Directions: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
Why did Egyptians want to preserve dead bodies? so the soul can recognize his own body
How did they preserve bodies? What is this process of preservation called? mummify
Explain how the brain was removed from the dead body. Why was the brain removed? because the Egyptians thought that all the organs but the brain was the most important
Name the four internal organs that were removed from the body. What was done with these organs? they were moved to containers
What did they do with the heart? Why? they left it in the body because they thought the heart made decisions.
What is natron and why was it used? so the body can dry out.Using your scribble map of Egypt, name the area where natron came from.
How was linen used during mummification? so it could cover the body in his tomb
What are amulets and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used.scarabs, udjat
What happens to the body after it was mummified? they are buried in there tombs.
Assignment 3-2 Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notes Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh? I would not feel good.
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh. they thought the pharaohs were gods
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh? to rule
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.)
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
Assignment 1
Sources:
Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89.(Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)
Use the map above, the maps in the Egypt Resources wiki page, or your Scribble Map search function
Directions:
Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. Label everything carefully. (Note: Mark means use a marker, label means use a text label, represent means draw a symbol to show the item.)
You must also provide an image and a description for some of the labels. Each description must be at least three sentences long and must be clear, detailed, and specific. Your description should give us clear information to help us understand the item or place and why it was so important for ancient Egyptians.
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). Provide an image and a description for each historic site.
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
Assignment 1
1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year? I was born in a CE year.
2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215. A 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 3, AD 476, CE 1215, AD 2000
3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean? That event is estimated to AD 1000 Assignment2
What event happened on the 300 century BC? The building of The Great Wall of China.
How many millennium had past since castles built in Europe? 1 millennium
What event happen most recently? The invention of the Color TV
How many years have past since the Burin was made? 47009 years.
How many decades past from Pyramids built in Egypt to the Common Era? 2530 years.
Assignment 3
Human Origins-The Puppet Play ProjectResponse
Note you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See Resources-1
Answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project? the see godess.
2. What Problems did your group run into? First we had a small background so we had to squish in our characters.
3. How did your group deal with these problems? We made a bigger background.
4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories. They all tell us how humans were created.
5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph).
The similarities of the Egyptian story and the Sumer story was that they told us how humans were created. But in the Egyptian story, Ra made creatures from his tears and Marduk created humans with half of Tiamat's body. Also, in the story of Sumer, it says how Earth and the sky was created. And Ra was in Earth but Marduk was in space or something.
Assignment 4
Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found? Africa
2. What is the scientific name of Lucy? Australopithecus
3. How long ago did Lucy live? Over 3 million years.
4. What was an important step in human development?
5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer.
Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.
Australopithecus- Started to walk upright, brain size 1/3 of Homo Sapiens.
Homo habilis- Started to use tools, brain size 1/2 of Homo Sapiens.
Homo erectus- learned to control fire
Homo sapiens- Modern humans.
6. Which hominid are you?
Homo Sapiens.
Assignment 5
Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
Why do historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study prehistory?
What might have been one advantage of walking completely upright? You can use tools.
What kind of tools did people use during the Paleolithic Era? They used sharp stones.
Design a stone and wood tool you could use to help you with your chores. Describe your tool in a sentence or two. My tool would be a humanoid robot that looks exactly like me and talks like me. It has a brain, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a vacuum cleaning machine. It can also transform into a Batmobile. It is somehow made by stone.
What is a hunter-gatherer? A hunter-gatherer is a person in the Paleolithic Period who hunted animals and gathered plants from other places.
In your opinion, what was the most important change brought by the development of language? People can understand each other and have affects to their heart.
Define the boldfaced words above.
Prehistory- History before.
tools-
none Optional: comment for page history
Assignment 6
Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions clearly and completely. Please put your answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the paragraph in the Beginnings of Agriculture section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?).
Read The First Farmers and Plants section on p.41 and answer these questions:
2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? neoleolithic period
3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for?
4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now make fire. Which hominid would this be?
5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution?
6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'?
7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia?
8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated?
9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.
Assignment 7
Write 3 good test questions covering any of the topics we have studied so far.
Answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period?The neolithic had lots and lots of tech but the paleolithic had a lack of tech
2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period?they started to gather and hunt
3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture?the houses were portable but now they are not portable.
Tagging pages is now done in a new place. Once you have saved your changes, click on the "Page" tab and select "Details and Tags".
Assignment 8
Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you?
2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class?
3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. Explain three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.)
1) The first things that surprised me was that 2 cats were better. The second thing was that they had surgery. The Last thing was that they decorated dead body which is like religion~~ I didn't know they had religions
2) I knew they had houses made out of mud, I knew they gave animal to people they want to marry and I knew that people traded resource.
3) I don't have to marry or think about marrying when I'm 12 years old. I don't know how to survive on my own (I don't know how to create fire, how to cure people that are injured, and I don't have houses made out of mud bricks
Assignment 9
Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.
1. The single most important thing I learned was...
1) The single most important thing I learned was that people back then didn't get better really quickly like us. They would take like 40~100 years to build a ipod when we would just build a ipod in couple years.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was that how the heck the peoples went to Australia.
3. What surprised me the most was...
The thing that surprised me the most was that people back then had surgeries. (Which was kind of disgusting)
4. I would like to know more about...
I would like to learn about animals that lived during australopithecus time.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
The part that I think I will always remember is that they had surgery (Sorry I used surgery 2 times. but I'm really serious about this because to me the surgery was really gross).
Assignment 2-1
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page.Use the links above from the Class Activitytohelp you answer the questions.
Event A: Food Shortage
1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia?
2. What does cultivate mean?
3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have?
4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains?
2. How did they solve these problems?
3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from?
Event A: Food Shortage
1. People stayed in one place and made their food with seeds. So this made their life easier and they made more babies.
2. Cultivate means to grow
3. The major problem for farmers on Zagros Hills was in 5000 B.C.E. when they didn't have any more space to feed their mans. This is food shortage ^-^
4. I think the best thing to do to deal with the food shortage is A because if they need more water for crops to grow, they could just dig the water to them so the crops can grow well
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. 1) The river flood suddenly in unexpected times.
2) The land was dried the most of the year.
2. They solved these problems by controlling the water. They built dams and dug path for water to flow for the water to get to the people.
3. The melted snow came from the mountains.
Assignment 2-2
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the In Class Activity 2-1 called Event C:Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System & Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities to help you answer the questions.
Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System
1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
2. How did farmers prevent flooding?
3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please clearly explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers?
4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food?
5. What could happen if one canal was clogged?
6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system?
Answers:
1) The farmers just got the water with a bucket.
2) The farmers built a wall made out of dirt called levees.
3) The levees made life easier because the farmer just made holes in them to get water. The canal made life easier because it was easier to control the current of the water. Dam made life easier by blocking water flows. Reservoirs made life easier by making it able to store water in some rivers.
4) Surplus means extra supply of something such as food.
5) If one canal was clogged, the water current would go out of direction and it would flood or the things that the people built around the river would be destroyed.
6) The different villages would clean the reservoirs and dams
Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities
1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other?
2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other?
3. What did many villages grow into?
4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region?
5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city?
6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains?
7. What defense plan is best to protect a city?
Answers:
1) The Mesopotamian helped each other by sending workers to each other to help them work.
2) The far away people connected by canals.
3) Many villages grew in to city a towns.
4) The people are from Mesopotamian Sumer and the people from that place is called Sumerians.
5) One city could block other city's water by building canal or dams.
6) It was easy to attack other cities because there are no things to hide in and no things to bother them while moving around.
7) Making trap was the best defense plan to protect a city. Assignment 2-3
Please read pages 56-59 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?
2. What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?
3. In what ways did a Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamiam civilization?
4. How might running large projects like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government?
1. The Fertile Crescent got its name because it has good soil and it is easy to grow things there.
2. The most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile is to grow things (usually food).
3. Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamian civilization by people getting different work to do. Assignment 2-4Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic. 2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
1) Yes, I think Korea is a civilization according to the six characteristics because we have governor system such as Myung Bak Lee, and food supply that wont suddenly change, we have different job such as author, movie director, and teachers, we have poor and rich, We have high developed culture as in we have writings, science, and music, and we have religious system because we have temples and priests.
2) No, I think they don't need different social levels because that's saying rich people and poor people.
Assignment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.
Where did the Akkadians live?
What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
Who was Sargon and what did he do?
What did Sargon establish?
Define 'empire'.
Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.
How long did Sargon rule his empire?
What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?
1. They lived in north of Sumer.
2. They never fought and had piece until 2300s B.C.E.
3. He was a emperor and he attack sumer ending the piece.
4. He established the world's first empire.
5. Empire means group of nation ruled by 1 emperor.
6. He made the first empire and he gained respect from his soldiers by eating them everyday.
7. He ruled his empire for more than 50 years.
8. They got raided and captured
9. Sumer
10. In the picture it shows that Ur was an advanced city because there was lots of houses, the place is pretty big, and they have walls and kept the invaders away.
Assignment 2-6
After playing the Trader's Circuit, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then copy and paste your questions and answers onto your discussion tab. Then go to the discussion tabs of at least three other classmates and make good quality middle school comments about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's Circuit game. You can make comments to your classmates like if you agree or disagree or comments about how good their answers and ideas are. Trader's Circuit questions 1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why? 2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way? 3. What part of the game was difficult for you? 4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry? 5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why? 6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why?
1) I liked the part when the person I'm trading with doesn't know that I have a monopoly.
2) I felt challenged because if person A has a JEWELRY and is collecting stone, I would get stone from someone who doesn't need it and trade him. It is very challenging to find someone with the right card.
3) I think I said it but I'll say it again. It is very hard to find someone with the right cards.
4) If you are the only person selling jewelry then people who want jewelry MUST buy it from you. But if there is 2 people selling jewelry, then it is 50% that the people who needs jewelry will come to person A's store.
5) If I could change something, I would add "Stealing" system. I'm pretty sure that some peoples killed people to steal their things. So we add a stealing system where you do tic-tac-toe together and the winner gets the thing they were fighting for. the loser cant trade for the next 15 seconds and must get illuminated for 15 seconds.
6) I think it was better to be cooperate because if they want something from you and you refuse, they would get mad and later, if they have something you want, he wont give it to you. So I think we should cooperate.
Assignment 2-7
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook Directions: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
3. Where was Babylon located?
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
5. What is a monarch?
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbook Directions: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailed answers in the chart, on your wiki page.
Characteristics of Civilization
Civilization Name: hittites
Six Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
hittites are are war people they are barbaric
The hittites used chariots for war
There technology was only focused on war.
Hittites were smart at science
they were the first to make iron weapons
They were mastered on iron.
the defense was not strong
the hittite king was killed by an assassin
soldiers were not that aware.
hittites had a strong army
They took over the civilization Babylon
Babylon was the biggest civilization in mesopotamia
The hittites had monarchy
Was it difficult to find evidence for the culture you picked? Why or why not?
Assignment 6-3
Directions: Read the following information about the Minoans and the Mycenaeans and then answer the questions that follow in your notebook.The Origins of the Greeks
The Minoans:
Minoan culture developed on the island of Crete in approximately 3,000 B.C.E. Minoan palace murals (wall paintings) and painted pottery show us a great sea culture, fueled by fishing, farming, and local arts. The Minoans were master sailors and set up long-distance trade routes with Spain, Egypt, Canaan, and Asia Minor. Socially, the Minoans were an egalitarian (equal) culture, with both men and women holding respected positions in the fields of religion, agriculture, and craftwork. Recreation enjoyed by the Minoans included dancing to music and song, "bull-leaping" - and boxing, complete with boxing gloves and mouth guards. The remarkable peace-loving character of the Minoan civilization is obvious because they didn't have fortresses, war equipment, and painted battle scenes among the remains of their settlements. The Minoan civilization is historically important to Greece because it was the model for the Mycenaean (pronounced my-sih-NEE-in) civilization which is considered the earliest developed culture on mainland Greece.
The Mycenaeans:
Mycenae was settled in 2,700 B.C.E. Most of the myths about ancient Greek heroes and their famous battles come to us from the Mycenaeans. Later Greek poets such as Homer used these tales in their writings. The Mycenaeans spoke an early form of the Greek language, and developed an agricultural economy based on grains, grapes, and olives. Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. Unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaeans devoted most of their energies to developing a strong military. The circular royal tombs of Mycenae reveal collections of decorated uniforms, elaborate helmets, chariots, daggers, and axes. Horses were also extremely important to the Mycenaeans, as they were the vehicles of war. Mycenaean documents suggest that their society was hierarchical, with kings and soldiers in positions of power at the top of society, and prisoners of war who became slaves at the bottom of society who served the kings and soldiers. Other than artwork showing religious festivals and musical performances, very few artifacts of entertainment were left by the Mycenaeans.
1. What did the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations have in common? They both liked music. (maybe had a stable food supply). Both had sea tech.
2. In what ways were the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations different? The Minoan civilization had a very peaceful life, but the Mycenaean civilization had a very warlike life.
3. Why do you think so many aspects of Minoan civilization are found at Mycenae?
4. What other geographical areas, besides Mycenae, might Minoan civilization have influenced?
5. What aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations would you expect to have survived in later periods of Greek history?
6. Using your textbook pages 256-257, explain how the decline of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans was similar.
Assignment 6-2
Homer
The Odyssey is a 12,000-line Greek epic poem dating from the eighth century B.C.E. An epic poem is a long poem divided into sections, or "books," that focuses on the extraordinary deeds and adventures of a hero. According to ancient Greek tradition, heroes were men who were born to one divineand one human parent. The story of The Odyssey recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus during his 10-year voyage home to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War in the thirteenth century B.C.E. Odysseus is considered the ideal Greek hero: an aristocratic soldier of superior strength, intelligence, and courage, favored by the Gods.
The poem is traditionally ascribed to Homer (circa 700 B.C.E.), who is considered the earliest Greek poet. Little is known about Homer's life, but ancient Greek playwrights referred to him as a "gifted blind poet." Some scholars believe that a line from a choral song attributed to Homer confirms this description:
"If anyone should ask you whose song is sweetest, say: blind is the man and he lives in rocky Chios."
Other scholars believe that "Homer" was the name given to a collective group of bards who sang Mycenaean folktales to entertain the nobles ofIonia, located on the west coast of Asia Minor.
It is generally believed that the exact author of The Odyssey is not as important as the ancient Greek values it contains. By listening to the stories in the poem, ancient Greeks learned standards of honorable behavior. These values, forged in the "Age of Heroes" during the Mycenaean Period, became the foundations of ancient Greek society.
Review the following Greek Values with your partner. Make sure you understand each idea.
Athleticism Hospitality Ingenuity Intuition Justice Loyalty Respect Teamwork
Ancient Greece
Assignment 4-1
Label and color a Map of GreecePhysical Features:
Island of CreteIsland of Thera
Island of Rhodes
Asia Minor
Macedonia
Mount Olympus
Pindus Mountains
Cities:
Knossos, Mycenae, Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Delphi, TroyBodies of Water:
Sea of Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Gulf of CorinthAtlas or Map Website Resources to Use:
Ancient Greece Flash Map (Zoom in for detail)Ancient Greece Flash Map (Zoom in, but not as detailed)
Map of Greece (Zoom once - Relief & Political Map)
Google Earth (Download the FREE software and zoom in for satellite pictures of Greece)
==Assignment 4-1 Source: IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page: In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today. Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations. After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E. Questions: 1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above? My map is similar because it has all the geographical features that the map above has. 2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map? nothing. 3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details. Because the Indus and Sarasvati rivers are fertile areas where you can grow crops. 4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map. 5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?because that river too has a fertile area of land. ----
Assignment 4-2 Website: Indus Valley Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page.
1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
During the excavations of mohenjo-daro, A lot of seals, necklaces, wells and drains, and houses with windows and wells.
2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
Mohenjo-Daro is a very well planned city like our cities today, and has sewer system just like us And they traded just like us.
3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
We could learn that the ancient people in mohenjo-daro were very smart enough to make a lot of modern materials. They were prepared for battles and trades.
4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
--> The people lived in an extremely organized way such as Citadel, because having citadel means that they are well prepared for battle.. The city itself was well-planned. The houses that are lined up straight and stacked with citadel can tell us that the city was well-planned. The necklace which is made out of gold stone beads and green stone beads was put into the museum. It is probably worn by a rich woman and we know it because these stones were rare. I also put terracota clay into the museum.
5. What do we know about the Priest-King?They are very rich and are a very highly supported family that has power.
6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used? It was used as a public bath. ----
Assignment 4-3 Source:
The Indians
A. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
B. Which aspects of daily life do you see represented in the picture that the artist drew?
C. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
D. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
E. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer A= I learned their farming, Cities, housing, Culture, and how long their city walls stood( 4000 years) I even learned how their sewer systems work And the "great bath"
Answer B= This picture looks like the citizens moving out of the city and they look like they are collecting all the food.
Answer C= They stacked A lot of layers of houses so the people can live better instead of cramping up in one space.( looks like apartments)
Answer D= Because their is very tiny bit of evidence in all of these cities. And it is very hard to tell because of the still buried areas.
Answer E= It is probably because of the dried up river next to the city of Mohenjo-Daro
Assignment 4-4
Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?The law makers
2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?That I could order lower caste people do do all my chores.
3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why? I got sort of upset and angry because that The merchants didnt listen much
4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not? No this is not fair because you are treating people different when your the same race kind and same human. both have feelings
5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not? Yes because presidents ministers and other politics need to take care for their own country state or even the nation. You would neeed them because not everyone could make right choices
Assignment 4-5
Website: India-Government
Use the website above and what you have learned in class so far to answer these questions about the early Indus River Governments.
1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city?
Having a central government would help in planning and organizing a city a certain amount of people can work together to build one type of city instead of all of the citizens voting which would make things much harder.
2. Who were Rajahs?
Rajahs are like the mayors. They are the rulers of a city but they are not as high as the priests in the Indian caste system.
3. What is a Guru?
A Guru was a teacher that a student had to serve even until up to 20 years old.
4. What subjects were taught in school?
The subjects taught were of religious nature.
5. Who was in charge of the government?
The priests were in charge of the government because they were at the top of the Indian caste system.
6. Why did people look up to the priests?
People looked up to priests because they were the ones who made offerings to the gods and they believed in the caste system and the priests were at the top of the Indian caste system.
Assignment 4-6 Poem
Assignment 4-7
Source: Online Textbook pages 162-171Directions: You are a sage and you will teach your classmates a part of ancient India's history. The four parts (groups) are...
Each part has (or might have) pictures, illustrations, maps, dates, vocabulary words, and important people. Your job as a sage is to become an expert on your part so you will be able to comfortably and confidently teach others. Remember that if you don't understand the information, you won't be able to teach others properly. Follow these steps to become a great sage:
Steps
=The Egyptians
Assignment 3-8
Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.1. The single most important thing I learned was... That ancient egyptian pharaohs took almost all their life time on making their burial chamber.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
I did not understand why they made a huge tomb when they could fit all these "spells" on a smaller tomb.
3. What surprised me the most was... Is that the egyptians died very in a young age.
4. I would like to know more about... The underworlds process
5. The part that I think I will always remember was... The under world and how the pharaohs actually turned right after they died. After mumfication.
Assignment 3-6
Task: You are to research your assigned topic from Egyptian history and create a video presentation using iMovie or Keynote. The video presentation should be 3-4 minutes and include the following required elements:Assignment 3-5 The Pharaohs had absolute power and were considered gods on earth.
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page.Part 1
The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
- Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
- Workers
- Importance of the pyramids
The old kingdom lasted from 2700 B.C.E. to 2200 B.C.E.It began from the third dynasty of Egypt and it was also
called, "The Age of Pyramid."(Ancient age of pyramids)
Pyramids were basically tombs for the pharaohs.
The pyramids were made from huge and large amounts of limestone.
The pyramids was a four sided pyramid shape. A huge amount of workers were involved.
Egypt did not use slaves, instead they used citizens for working. They used
citizens while giving them whatever they want. So the whole
system was pretty fair. The important part of the pyramids was that
Pyramids were made so the spells on the
walls would help the pharaoh.(they would make the phoaroahs journey in the after life much more
easier. )These pyramids even pleased to the gods.
These pyramids were often spotted
a lot and is easy to rob.(later the king found out.)
Part 2
The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
- the difference with the Old Kingdom
- what life was like during this time
- wars or battles and who was involved
The Middle Kingdom lasted from 2050 to 1750 B.C.E. In the Middle Kingdom, the pharaoh's power was getting unpopular so the nobles beganto protested and try to take over the power of the pharaoh. Around 1750 B.C.E., an Asian country called Hyksos invaded Lower Egypt and ruled the whole Egypt(in dynasty) for about 200 years. In that time Pharoahs noticed that the tombs were getting robbed so they hid the burial chambers. That time the middle kingdom was called "Golden Age".
Part 3
The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-103 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
part3
The New Kingdom was Egypt's expansion period. Egypt's trade routes became distant because of the conquest. As Egypt conquested other empires, it made Egyptians richer and the army power was upgraded. All the pharaohs in the New Kingdom were famous. After the death of Rameses the great, the Hittites and the Sea people invaded Egypt. Then the New Kingdom came to a dark end. (modern egypt).
Assignment 3-4
Part 1: Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess.the god called osiris is a ruler in the under world. he was murdered by his own jealous brother. his brother was the god of chaos. Then choose one that you would not want to be and explain why.Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations. I would not like to explain about seth because he is the god of chaos while killing his own brother just for having power over the country.Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods?yes the name of the god is Ereshkigal he is the underworld god for mesopotamia. Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities?there similarities are that they are both gods of the underworld. Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different? because they are both gods that judge in the underworld.
Assignment 3-3 Source: How to Mummify Nefermaat
Directions: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
Assignment 3-2 Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notes
Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh? I would not feel good.
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh. they thought the pharaohs were gods
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh? to rule
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.)
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
Assignment 1
Sources:
Directions:
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). Provide an image and a description for each historic site.
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
Assignment 1
1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year? I was born in a CE year.2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215.
A 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 3, AD 476, CE 1215, AD 2000
3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean? That event is estimated to AD 1000
Assignment2
What event happened on the 300 century BC? The building of The Great Wall of China.
How many millennium had past since castles built in Europe? 1 millennium
What event happen most recently? The invention of the Color TV
How many years have past since the Burin was made? 47009 years.
How many decades past from Pyramids built in Egypt to the Common Era? 2530 years.
Assignment 3
Human Origins-The Puppet Play Project ResponseNote you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See Resources-1
Answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project? the see godess.
2. What Problems did your group run into? First we had a small background so we had to squish in our characters.
3. How did your group deal with these problems? We made a bigger background.
4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories. They all tell us how humans were created.
5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph).
The similarities of the Egyptian story and the Sumer story was that they told us how humans were created. But in the Egyptian story, Ra made creatures from his tears and Marduk created humans with half of Tiamat's body. Also, in the story of Sumer, it says how Earth and the sky was created. And Ra was in Earth but Marduk was in space or something.
Assignment 4
Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found? Africa
2. What is the scientific name of Lucy? Australopithecus
3. How long ago did Lucy live? Over 3 million years.
4. What was an important step in human development?
5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer.
Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.
6. Which hominid are you?
Homo Sapiens.
Assignment 5
Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.- Why do historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study prehistory?
- What might have been one advantage of walking completely upright? You can use tools.
- What kind of tools did people use during the Paleolithic Era? They used sharp stones.
- Design a stone and wood tool you could use to help you with your chores. Describe your tool in a sentence or two. My tool would be a humanoid robot that looks exactly like me and talks like me. It has a brain, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a vacuum cleaning machine. It can also transform into a Batmobile. It is somehow made by stone.
- What is a hunter-gatherer? A hunter-gatherer is a person in the Paleolithic Period who hunted animals and gathered plants from other places.
- In your opinion, what was the most important change brought by the development of language? People can understand each other and have affects to their heart.
- Define the boldfaced words above.
Prehistory- History before.tools-
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Optional: comment for page history
Assignment 6
Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions clearly and completely. Please put your answers on your wiki page.1. Read the paragraph in the Beginnings of Agriculture section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?).
Read The First Farmers and Plants section on p.41 and answer these questions:
2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? neoleolithic period
3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for?
4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now make fire. Which hominid would this be?
5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution?
6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'?
7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia?
8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated?
9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.
Assignment 7
Write 3 good test questions covering any of the topics we have studied so far.Answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period?The neolithic had lots and lots of tech but the paleolithic had a lack of tech
2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period?they started to gather and hunt
3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture?the houses were portable but now they are not portable.
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Assignment 8
Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.- Catal Huyuk video 1
- Catal Huyuk video 2
1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you?2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class?
3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. Explain three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.)
1) The first things that surprised me was that 2 cats were better. The second thing was that they had surgery. The Last thing was that they decorated dead body which is like religion~~ I didn't know they had religions
2) I knew they had houses made out of mud, I knew they gave animal to people they want to marry and I knew that people traded resource.
3) I don't have to marry or think about marrying when I'm 12 years old. I don't know how to survive on my own (I don't know how to create fire, how to cure people that are injured, and I don't have houses made out of mud bricks
Assignment 9
Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.1. The single most important thing I learned was...
1) The single most important thing I learned was that people back then didn't get better really quickly like us. They would take like 40~100 years to build a ipod when we would just build a ipod in couple years.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was that how the heck the peoples went to Australia.
3. What surprised me the most was...
The thing that surprised me the most was that people back then had surgeries. (Which was kind of disgusting)
4. I would like to know more about...
I would like to learn about animals that lived during australopithecus time.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
The part that I think I will always remember is that they had surgery (Sorry I used surgery 2 times. but I'm really serious about this because to me the surgery was really gross).
Assignment 2-1
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the Class Activity tohelp you answer the questions.
Event A: Food Shortage
1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia?
2. What does cultivate mean?
3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have?
4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains?
2. How did they solve these problems?
3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from?
Event A: Food Shortage
1. People stayed in one place and made their food with seeds. So this made their life easier and they made more babies.
2. Cultivate means to grow
3. The major problem for farmers on Zagros Hills was in 5000 B.C.E. when they didn't have any more space to feed their mans. This is food shortage ^-^
4. I think the best thing to do to deal with the food shortage is A because if they need more water for crops to grow, they could just dig the water to them so the crops can grow well
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. 1) The river flood suddenly in unexpected times.
2) The land was dried the most of the year.
2. They solved these problems by controlling the water. They built dams and dug path for water to flow for the water to get to the people.
3. The melted snow came from the mountains.
Assignment 2-2
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the In Class Activity 2-1 called Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System & Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities to help you answer the questions.
Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System
1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
2. How did farmers prevent flooding?
3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please clearly explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers?
4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food?
5. What could happen if one canal was clogged?
6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system?
Answers:
1) The farmers just got the water with a bucket.2) The farmers built a wall made out of dirt called levees.
3) The levees made life easier because the farmer just made holes in them to get water. The canal made life easier because it was easier to control the current of the water. Dam made life easier by blocking water flows. Reservoirs made life easier by making it able to store water in some rivers.
4) Surplus means extra supply of something such as food.
5) If one canal was clogged, the water current would go out of direction and it would flood or the things that the people built around the river would be destroyed.
6) The different villages would clean the reservoirs and dams
Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities
1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other?
2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other?
3. What did many villages grow into?
4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region?
5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city?
6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains?
7. What defense plan is best to protect a city?
Answers:
1) The Mesopotamian helped each other by sending workers to each other to help them work.2) The far away people connected by canals.
3) Many villages grew in to city a towns.
4) The people are from Mesopotamian Sumer and the people from that place is called Sumerians.
5) One city could block other city's water by building canal or dams.
6) It was easy to attack other cities because there are no things to hide in and no things to bother them while moving around.
7) Making trap was the best defense plan to protect a city.
Assignment 2-3
Please read pages 56-59 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?
2. What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?
3. In what ways did a Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamiam civilization?
4. How might running large projects like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government?
1. The Fertile Crescent got its name because it has good soil and it is easy to grow things there.
2. The most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile is to grow things (usually food).
3. Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamian civilization by people getting different work to do.
Assignment 2-4Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic.2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
1) Yes, I think Korea is a civilization according to the six characteristics because we have governor system such as Myung Bak Lee, and food supply that wont suddenly change, we have different job such as author, movie director, and teachers, we have poor and rich, We have high developed culture as in we have writings, science, and music, and we have religious system because we have temples and priests.
2) No, I think they don't need different social levels because that's saying rich people and poor people.
Assignment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.1. They lived in north of Sumer.
2. They never fought and had piece until 2300s B.C.E.
3. He was a emperor and he attack sumer ending the piece.
4. He established the world's first empire.
5. Empire means group of nation ruled by 1 emperor.
6. He made the first empire and he gained respect from his soldiers by eating them everyday.
7. He ruled his empire for more than 50 years.
8. They got raided and captured
9. Sumer
10. In the picture it shows that Ur was an advanced city because there was lots of houses, the place is pretty big, and they have walls and kept the invaders away.
Assignment 2-6
After playing the Trader's Circuit, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then copy and paste your questions and answers onto your discussion tab. Then go to the discussion tabs of at least three other classmates and make good quality middle school comments about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's Circuit game. You can make comments to your classmates like if you agree or disagree or comments about how good their answers and ideas are.Trader's Circuit questions
1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why?
2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way?
3. What part of the game was difficult for you?
4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry?
5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why?
6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why?
1) I liked the part when the person I'm trading with doesn't know that I have a monopoly.
2) I felt challenged because if person A has a JEWELRY and is collecting stone, I would get stone from someone who doesn't need it and trade him. It is very challenging to find someone with the right card.
3) I think I said it but I'll say it again. It is very hard to find someone with the right cards.
4) If you are the only person selling jewelry then people who want jewelry MUST buy it from you. But if there is 2 people selling jewelry, then it is 50% that the people who needs jewelry will come to person A's store.
5) If I could change something, I would add "Stealing" system. I'm pretty sure that some peoples killed people to steal their things. So we add a stealing system where you do tic-tac-toe together and the winner gets the thing they were fighting for. the loser cant trade for the next 15 seconds and must get illuminated for 15 seconds.
6) I think it was better to be cooperate because if they want something from you and you refuse, they would get mad and later, if they have something you want, he wont give it to you. So I think we should cooperate.
Assignment 2-7
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbookDirections: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
3. Where was Babylon located?
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
5. What is a monarch?
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbookDirections: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailed answers in the chart, on your wiki page.
Characteristics of Civilization
Civilization Name: hittites
Six Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
Assyrians
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htmhttp://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/egypt/a/assyriaintro.htm
Hittites
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/HITTITES.HTMhttp://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hittites.htm
Chaldeans
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/middle_east/nebuchadnezzar.htmlhttp://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/CHALDEAN.HTM